List of Famous people who are 72

Elena Salgado Méndez is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and held several ministerial portfolios during her political career.

Jacques Balthazart is a Belgian biologist who specializes in behavioral neuroendocrinology, author of multiple publications and working at the University of Liège.

Alain Supiot FBA is a French legal scholar.

Nila Djuwita Farid Moeloek is an Indonesian politician and physician. She was the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia from 27 October 2014 until 20 October 2019. She is an ophthalmologist and lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia.

Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu is a minister of state of Turkey. He is a professor of religious studies.

Setsurō Wakamatsu is a Japanese film director. His film Shizumanu Taiyō won the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize.

Muchdi Purwopranjono is an Indonesian politician and former major general who served briefly as chief of the Indonesian Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) and was former deputy head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN). He was relieved of command duties in 1998 after the fall of Soeharto and was subsequently deemed responsible for abductions of pro-democracy activists. In 2008, he was acquitted of commissioning and assisting in the 2004 assassination of human rights campaigner Munir, following a trial deemed flawed by human rights organizations. He is presently the leader of a breakaway faction of Tommy Soeharto’s Berkarya Party and his leadership is recognized by the government.

Haruo Wakō was a member of the armed militant group, the Japanese Red Army.

Maïmouna Gueye Fall, is a Franco–Sénégalese actress. She is best known for her roles in the films The Climb, Payoff, Cuties, Bacon on the Side.

Françoise Dorner is a French actress, screenwriter, author of plays and novels.